@@ -9,17 +9,20 @@ Otherwise include it in the monthly release and note there was a regression fix
## Release Procedure
1. Verify that the issue can be repoduced
1. Note in the 'GitLab X.X regressions' that you will create a patch
1. Create an issue on private GitLab development server
1. Name the issue "Release X.X.X CE and X.X.X EE", this will make searching easier
1. Fix the issue on a feature branch, do this on the private GitLab development server
1. Consider creating and testing workarounds
1. After the branch is merged into master, cherry pick the commit(s) into the current stable branch
1. In a separate commit in the stable branch, update the VERSION and CHANGELOG
1. In a separate commit in the stable branch update the VERSION
1. In a separate commit in the stable branch update the CHANGELOG
1. For EE, update the CHANGELOG-EE if it is EE specific fix. Otherwise, merge the stable CE branch and add to CHANGELOG-EE "Merge community edition changes for version X.X.X"
1. Create an annotated tag vX.X.X for CE and another patch release for EE
1. Make sure that the build has passed and no tests are failing
1. Make sure that the build has passed and all tests are passing
1. Push the code and the tags to all the CE and EE repositories
1. Apply the patch to GitLab Cloud and the private GitLab development server
1. Send tweets about the release from @gitlabhq, tweet should include the most important feature that the release is addressing as well as the link to the changelog
1. Build new packages with the latest version
1. Cherry-pick the changelog update back into master
1. Send tweets about the release from @gitlabhq, tweet should include the most important feature that the release is addressing as well as the link to the changelog
1. Note in the 'GitLab X.X regressions' issue that the patch was published
